A Bad Start to the School Year: Despite New Regulation Immigrant Parents Still Face Major Language Barriers This report reveals serious lapses in the provision of
language assistance services to immigrant parents found during Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)'s month - long monitoring of high school registration centers and a survey of select parent coordinators....
Students who are identified as English language learners (ELLs) can participate
in language assistance programs to help ensure that they attain English proficiency and meet the same academic content and achievement standards that all students are expected to meet.
According to The Condition of Education (NCES, 2013), 4.7 million students in public schools are English language learners, which refers to students in
language assistance programs.
The provision
of language assistance services to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals is a key component of Title VI enforcement.
The proposed «foreign -
language assistance for national security act,» which was introduced in the House last year by Representative Paul Simon, Democrat of Illinois, passed by a 265 - to - 120 vote.
These individuals may be entitled
language assistance with respect to a particular type of service, benefit, or encounter to prevent employment discrimination in the DOT.
Replacing the current California English Language Development Test, or CELDT, it will be used to determine when English learners can be reclassified as fluent in English and no longer
needing language assistance.
Staff members screen entering students who speak little or no English, determine how
much language assistance they need, and assign them to a class.
Train staff to effectively communicate with LEP parents — when and how to obtain
qualified language assistance, use of interpreters when staff receive or make calls to language - minority individuals, and applicable record - keeping procedures.
Thanks to a grant, day care is free, and translators are on hand —
offering language assistance to parents whose native language is Spanish.
There are an estimated 4.6 million students (9.4 percent) in the United States being served
through language assistance programs (U.S. Department of Education, 2000; 2012).
Emergency Translations: we can provide personal, emergency telephone translation services and referral to a local interpreter service should you
require language assistance.
Among those concerns are immigration, voting rights, access to interpreters and
other language assistance in the courts, and juvenile justice services.
To prevent employment discrimination at DOT, individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), are entitled to
language assistance with respect to a particular type of service, benefit, or encounter.
The index analyzed programs and policies from the number of legal aid attorneys per capita, the availability of resources for people representing themselves in legal matters,
language assistance for non-English speakers, and support for individuals with disabilities.
Links: Onondaga County's policy, complaint process, and
language assistance or disability access issues.
ATTENTION: If you speak Spanish or Haitian Creole,
language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you.